Archives - 21 April 2014, Monday

We all crave distance, but how a golf ball performs on approach shots and around the green is what saves the most strokes. Maybe that's why manufacturers are focusing on feel—by lowering compression and reformulating softer covers to make chips and pitches check up quicker. It's what ...

Despite its latitude, TPC Louisiana wasn't immune to the winter that just wouldn't let go. Rough is down by half an inch to one-and-a-half inches as a result, but improvisation is a way of life in these parts. It was nearly nine years ago that the course was ravaged by Hurricane Katri...

Getty Images Michelle Wie shot a 5-under 67 on Sunday to secure her third career LPGA victory. Every Sunday night, Golf.com conducts an e-mail roundtable with writers from Sports Illustrated and Golf Magazine. Check in every week for the unfiltered opinions of our writers and editors ...

PGA Tour players say they expect to make every standard bunker shot they try. But doing it on the 72nd hole with a title on the line -- and after a bad three-putt the hole before -- is a little different story. Matt Kuchar was carrying some baggage on his last hole at Hilton Head. He ...

European Tour Number One Henrik Stenson and Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter will headline a stellar field at the Volvo China Open this week as the event celebrates its 20th edition. The pair are joined by 2011 winner Nicolas Colsaerts, who finished joint runner-up in the Maybank Malaysian ...

The PGA Tour's slogan is, "These guys are good." The motto for its caddies should be, "These guys are good, too." Ted Scott, the caddie for Bubba Watson, is the latest to prove that. Fresh off helping to guide Bubba to a second Masters title, Scott shot one under in a Monday qualifier...

Let’s start today with a quiz: What do TPC San Antonio, the Golf Club of Houston, Augusta National and Harbour Town Golf Links have in common? The answer? Nothing at all. They have different weather and different grasses. They all play to different strengths. In fact, the only similar...

Athletes who encounter backlash to something they’ve said often invoke the tiresome defense that it was taken out of context, or “taken out of content,” as John Daly once said. This time, David Duval was right to complain. A headline to a brief story recounting a television interview ...

PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) --- Pinehurst No. 2 is ready for its double dip of U.S. open s. In less than two months, it will host the U.S. Open and U.S. Women's Open in consecutive weeks. USGA Executive Director Mike Davis said Monday that he is expecting "a challenging test of golf, but ......

RBC HERITAGE: Results, points | Wrap-up | Sunday photos | Event video | FedExCup HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Just when it looked like Matt Kuchar might blow another Sunday lead, he finally closed one out in style, holing a bunker shot for birdie on the 18th hole to cap a 64 and what t...

Remember when Michelle Wie was overhyped? That's not the case anymore. Wie may have snapped a 79-event winless drought on Sunday with a victory at the Lotte LPGA Championship in Hawaii, but the breakthrough was inevitable. Wie, 24, hasn't just been playing well in 2014, she's played t...

KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) --- Michelle Wie rallied from four strokes back entering the day to shoot a 5-under 67 on Saturday and win the LPGA LOTTE Championship. The 24-year-old American finished at 14-under 274 after coming into the final round trailing third-round leader Angela Stanford ...

Through its Twitter (@usopengolf) and Facebook accounts (www.Facebook.com/USOPEN ), the USGA will provide news, statistics, facts and photos leading up to and throughout both championships. The Social Connection page on both sites will be devoted to aggregated tweets from @usopengolf ...

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In any case, golf statistics have evolved and exploded since then, and online stat trackers have popped up everywhere. Golfers and instructors are realizing the insights that any golfer can get from studying their stats from rounds of golf. I decided that instead of getting left behin...

How Matt Kuchar hit his winning bunker shot The big deal about Matt Kuchar's Harbour Town win Why Michelle Wie has been LPGA's best in 2014 Michelle Wie's career in pictures At home in Hawaii, Wie claims third career LPGA title 19 things you need to know about Bubba Watson Masters sty...

How Matt Kuchar hit his winning bunker shot The big deal about Matt Kuchar's Harbour Town win Why Michelle Wie has been LPGA's best in 2014 Michelle Wie's career in pictures At home in Hawaii, Wie claims third career LPGA title 19 things you need to know about Bubba Watson Masters sty...

Adidas Golf announced two new footwear models featuring proprietary gripmore technology, an innovation in golf footwear cleat design that combines the performance benefits of spiked and spikeless footwear in one revolutionary technology. Adidas set out to change the state of the footw...

Matt Kuchar believed he had a very good chance of getting his bunker shot up-and-down on the 18th hole Sunday at the RBC Heritage. But he did one better, holing out for birdie and a one-shot victory over Luke Donald. Listen carefully, and you can hear Kuchar’s clubhead make a loud “th...

Although he didn't wear them during the final round, Matt Kuchar was spotted wearing a pair of shoes with an eye-catching red sole for two rounds during his RBC Heritage victory. Major winners Justin Rose, Martin Kaymer and Jim Furyk were also seen wearing the exact same shoes a few w...

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Here’s a look at the 5 biggest Callaway/Odyssey equipment news and notes from Easter Weekend: 1. Reed Puts In New X2 Hot 2-Deep Fairway Wood Callaway staffer Patrick Reed moved into a new X2 Hot 2-Deep Fairway Wood (12.5°) this week at the RBC Heritage. It’s cut to 42” with 2” total t...

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Marc-Etienne Bussieres of Gatineau, Quebec is moving to the life of a club professional (File Photo: Scott MacLeod) Ottawa’s Brad Fritsch is finally back in action this week. It has been three weeks since Brad was able to get into a field on the PGA TOUR and he has had just three star...

Bubba Watson's caddie shoots under par in PGA Tour qualifier This new Top Flite commercial is sophomoric, inappropriate, and very funny David Duval’s comment on Tiger Woods taken out of context Three air-travel stories tangentially related to golf You probably didn't notice: Michelle ...

I want you to remember way back to when launch monitors first became commercially available and what they actually measured. My first monitor showed me club speed, ball speed, launch angle, spin rate, carry distance and smash factor. That was it. Such data is pretty basic by today’s s...

As the age-old question goes: Are golfers considered athletes? Ok, maybe not age-old. John Daly, Craig Stadler and even Jack Nicklaus put kinks in any argument that the stereotypical definition of athleticism is required to be a successful golfer. However, with athletes like Gary Wood...

It took you 187 events to get your first win. Now you've won three times since last October. How have you raised your game? With time comes more experience, and now I have more experience on Tour. I've learned how to really play and enjoy all of the courses, so that's helped. And I al...

Miguel Angel Jimenez become the third golfer in history to win wire-to-wire in his Champions Tour debut, holding off Bernhard Langer to take the Greater Gwinnett Championship title on Sunday. "I'm very happy with my age and the way I'm doing," he said. "The last 15 years is when my be...

A few things to know about Kim Kaufman: Started playing golf at the age of 4 Credits her dad as the individual most influencing her career. Enjoys cooking, going to concerts, spending time with friends and family, her dogs, attending other sporting events and everything Texas Tech.